mǽtan
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Þá gemunde Iósep þá swefen þe hine æt sumon cyrre ǽr mǽtte recordatus somniorum, quae aliquando viderat, Gen. 42, 9. Hé nán þincg þǽre byrig ne cúþe gecnáwan . . . and hé wundrigende þóhte swilce hine on niht mǽtte . . .
morgen-gifu
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Gewát Eádríc ær Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne. Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn.
munuc-hád
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Ne mót man iungum men wíf forgyfan, gif hé hine ǽr tó munucháde ( monachismo ) gemynte, Ll. Th. ii. 142, 9.
sam-tinges
immediately, forthwith, ⬩ continuo
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Snáw cymþ of ðám þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges (sæm-, MS. P.) fylþ, Lchdm. iii. 278, 25
Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid hund-eahtatigum scipum, gesóhte Brytene sixty years before Christ was born, Caius Julius, emperor of the Romans, with eighty vessels, sought Britain, Chr.
ge-þanc
Mind ⬩ will ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ mens ⬩ animus ⬩ cogitatio
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Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde the same thought I have told thee before, Blickl. Homl. 179, 28. Geþanges mentis, Ps. Spl. 67, 29
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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In good time, soon Ðú bǽde mé foroft Engliscra gewritena and ic ðé ne getíðode ealles swá tímlíce ǽr ðam ðe ðú mid geweorcum ðæs gewilnodest æt mé you very often asked me for English writings, but I did not grant your request so very soon, not before
ge-lǽtan
To allow ⬩ make over to any one
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To allow, make over to any one Eádgár æðeling wearþ belandod of ðám ðe se eorl him ǽror to handa gelǽten hæfde Edgar Atheling was deprived of those lands which the earl had before made over to him, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 24.
ebba
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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the
lyft
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L. 106, 29. v. ǽr-lyft, un-lyft, úp-lyft
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Ðá on ðæm setle Eádweard cyng ðǽr sæt [æt Steanforde], ðá gefór Æðelflǽd his swystar æt Tameworþige, xii nihtum ǽr middum sumera.
Linked entry: Æðelrǽd
hwanne
When
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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte it waits for the time for displaying its art [cf. O.
ge-endebyrdan
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Drihten wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22. Þurh þæs geendebyrdan prófostes misfadunge per ordinationem prepositi, R. Ben. 124, 4. with object a thing Ús nǽfre swylc ege ne wearþ ǽr tó helle geendebyrded. Bl.
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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Be lyfte tácnungum de aeris indiciis, Nar. 3, 14.
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spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Nyle deáð ǽnig swæð forlǽtan, ǽr hé gehende ðæt hé hwíle ǽr æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 16.
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
efnan
to throw down, prostrate, level, lay low ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ to perform, execute, labour, achieve ⬩ patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre
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Ðe ǽr eorlscipe efnde who before performed valorous deeds, 6006; B. 3007. Hie efndon unrihtdóm they executed unrighteousness. Cd. 181; Th. 227, 7; Dan. 183. Hie ðat efnedon sóna they performed that soon, Elen. Kmbl. 1423; El. 713.
fréfran
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on sometimes I comfort those whom ere I war against, Exon. 102 b; Th. 389, 13; Rä. 7, 7: 27 b; Th. 82, 19; Cri. 1341. Hí earme fréfraþ they comfort the poor, 33 b; Th. 106, 29; Gú. 48.
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lungre
Quickly ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ straightway ⬩ speedily
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Hié lungre ǽr feorh áléton just before they had lost their lives, Andr. Kmbl. 3255; An. 1630.
ge-wenian
to accustom ⬩ to accustom any one to one's self ⬩ assuefacere ⬩ to wean ⬩ to separate ⬩ ablactare ⬩ a lacte depellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ seducere
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Heora láreówas him biódan ða ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon their teachers offer them the same meats which they before accustomed the tame with or with which they before accustomed them to be tame, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 18: L.
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